November 30th, 2013

Poker pro and writer Alec Torelli returns for Part 2 of his interview on the Strategy with Kristy podcast. Last week, in Part 1, Torelli discussed how to handle downswings, and here in Part 2, he discusses how to decide whether or not to go play poker and what you should be doing if you don't.

November 27th, 2013

The crew is back to break down all of the latest stories, including the changes to the World Series of Poker international schedule, The Shark Cage, and the iGaming launch in New Jersey. They are then joined by Heartland Poker Tour Player of the Year Allen Kessler and Chad Holloway.

November 20th, 2013

The crew is back to discuss the latest news, including the impending iGaming launch in New Jersey, the prospects for both Caesars and PokerStars, Sheldon Adelson's crazy plans, and the Aussie Millions' partnership with the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. They are then joined by Mohsin Charania, who captured a second leg of the Triple Crown a few weeks ago, winning the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, to talk about his latest victory, living in Chicago, answer a few Twitter questions, and more.

November 16th, 2013

Galen Hall has made a name for himself in the high stakes multi-table tournament world in the past three years. Among his achievements are a win in the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for $2.3 million, placed third in the 2011 $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship, and third in the 2012 $100,000 PCA Super High Roller. This week he launched a poker training site called, Poker Savants, and serves as guest on the Strategy with Kristy Podcast.

November 9th, 2013

The latest guest on the Strategy with Kristy podcast is Canadian poker pro Jason Lavallee, a successful tournament and cash-game player both live an online. He recently won the PokerStars European Poker Tour London High Roller event for £357,700. During the final table, he played an interesting hand which resulted in him calling a river bet with queen high. Lavallee shares his thought process.

November 2nd, 2013

On this week's episode of Strategy with Kristy, host Kristy Arnett talks to poker player and app creator Nikolai Yakovenko about Pineapple Open-Face Chinese Poker. Pineapple is a variation of Open Face Chinese Poker. The first five cards are dealt and placed just as in regular OFC, but in subsequent draws, players get dealt three cards instead of just one. In turn, each player places two of the three cards in any of his or her available rows before discarding the third one face down.